Quilting Tutorials — Tutorial

How to Resize a Quilt Block Every once in a while, we fall in love with a block and want to be able to make it in all sorts of different sizes! This week, we are breaking down the steps you’ll need to take in order to resize blocks up, down, or sideways. Okay, maybe not sideways. The first thing to keep in mind, is we do not want to change the size of the 1/4″ seam. When dealing with square and rectangle pieces, before you change the size, subtract 1/2″ for the 1/4″ seam on both sides. Then we...

Online Quilting Bee Block 4 We are now on Block 4! If you missed block 3, you can get instructions for it here: Online Quilting Bee Block 3 For more information, you can head to the main Quilt Along webpage and it will outline all the details. Scroll down below the video for fabric requirements. This month, we are learning one of our absolute favorite blocks, Half Square Triangles. HST’s can easily be used to make an entire quilt top. There are endless ways to lay them out and create a unique quilt top.  If you want more information on how to construct half...

Now that your quilt top is done, you are almost ready to snuggle up under it. Before you can do that though, we need to quilt it! What makes a quilt a quilt is fabric and batting all put together in three layers. Right now the top layer is done, so we are ready to add the other pieces.   Backing and Batting Requirements When quilting a quilt, you want your backing and batting to be a few inches bigger than your quilt top. This will make sure you don’t run off an edge. For this quilt, you’ll want 1...

Kids Can Quilt! – Day 5 We are on the final day of our special series Kids Can Quilt! Can you believe we are almost done? We really hope you’ve enjoyed this week and learned some new things. We absolutely love quilting and are so thrilled we could share it with all of you! If you liked quilting, keep going! There are so many fun patterns and projects out there that you can work on. You could make another disappearing 9 patch with different fabrics, find an easy quilt pattern to tackle, or even create your own design! Take some...

Kids Can Quilt! – Day 4 Now that all of our blocks are sewn together, we are going to cut them up again! For a disappearing 9 patch, we are going to cut the original 9 patch blocks in fourths, mix them up, and sew them back together. This is what makes it look complicated, even though you’ve seen how easy it is to make. Don’t forget to be very careful with the rotary cutter and always close the blade before you set it down. Have an adult or responsible teen help if you are younger.   Cutting the Blocks...